Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TEL-LECT'U-AL, a. [Fr. intellectuel.]

1. Relating to the intellect or understanding; belonging to the mind; performed by the understanding; mental; as, intellectual powers or operations.
2. Ideal; perceived by the intellect; existing in the understanding; as, an intellectual scene. Pope.
3. Having the power of understanding; as, an intellectual being.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, now sometimes called mental philosophy.